The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-29 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Lord Durham having by this time landed on the soil of England, people will be asking each other, " What is likely to be dome by the Noble Lord, or with him !" There is one thing clear enough—namely, that the manifesto of the late Governor-General was a Godsend to the Ministers, with whom he quarrelled, by placing at their absolute mercy a man whom they had previously aggrieved and exasperated, and provoked to declare ophn war against them. We sus pect, moreover, that the precipitate fury of the Lord High Commissioner has conferred a second Godsend on the Queen's Ministers by his abrupt, unauthorized, and there fore, if not illegal, his unconstitutional and criminal—per haps it might be said substantially treasonable—desertion of the post intrusted to him—a post of such import ance, and so fearfully circumstanced, that for its preserva tion, Parliament, on the suggestion of the Ministers, deemed it necessary to create a new office, annexing to it functions and duties of an equally novel character, in the avowed belief that without the exercise of them by the officer so appointed the Canadas could not be preserved. Very well, then ; Lord Durham had clearly no right to abandon, without authority from the Crown, those duties, whether administrative or otherwise, which it had been judged by the Imperial Legislature that the security of our North American possessions required somebody, vested with com petent powers, to perform. Sir John Colborne had not such powers, inasmuch as the Queen, by her high " commission," had vested them specifically in the Earl of Durham, and in none but him. To quit, therefore, the post which had been given to his guardianship, and run away from Canada without providing in his absence for the acknowledged exigencies of the case, by leaving what he could not leave in the hands of a successor not appointed b 3 the same high authority whence he (Lord Durham) had re ceived his own commission—the means of acting as exten sively and vigorously as he himself had been enabled to do under his own commission—was a sacrifice of the security of North America to his own selfish and unruly resentment, andin our judg,ment,therefore, a high crime against the State. Lord Durham attempts to palliate his own misconduct by alleging to the people of Canada that the Bill of Indemnity, which merely declared what was the law of England, had vir tually deprived him of all real power ; that the " useful ness of his delegated authority had ceased with the sup port of the Government, which could alone sustain it ;" that "if the peace of Lower Canada was to be again menaced, it was necessary that its Government should reckon on a more cordial and vigorous support at home than had been accorded to him ;" and " that no good which might not be expected from any other Government in Lower Canada, could be obtained by his continuing to wield extraordinary legal powers, of which the moral force and consideration were gone." Now, passing by the gross impropriety of language such as this, addressed to a people disaffected towards the supreme Government of the em pire, and so lately in arms against it, let us ask any reasonable man to inform us whether, putting morality out of the question, Lord Durham or any public functionary could be justified, on mere political and constitutional principles, in taking upon himself to proclaim that the sovereign power of Great Britain, by its disapproval of one of his official acts out of many, had left him without the means of exercising his function in other instances usefully or effectively for the kingdom ? Who had a right to judge upon this question—the Queen's Government, and the nation's Parliament, bound to de clare and to enforce the law of England, or Lord Durham, by whom that the law had been violated, and whose volun tary act, under a misapprehension of the nature and ex tent of his own authority, had rendered the judgment passed upon him by Parliament an inevitable con sequence of his error ? There is not a Governor of any British possession in the world who might not plead, with as much plausibility as Lord Durham, the Royal disapproval of any single exercise of power on his part, or of any as sumption of power which he had not, as his justification for an unauthorised abandonment of his post, and for leaving a Colony or other possession of the Crown deprived of an executive Government suitable to the exigencies which surrounded it. Lord Durham was at liberty to seed home for leave to resign, and to have a successor appointed ; and such, in fact, was the mode of self-dismissal which it appeared to us from the first that he would of nesessity have adopted, when we pro nounced that " he or the Ministers must resign," knowing well that he was not of that nerve, or temper, or trans cendent reputation, which would have enabled such a man as the Duke of Wellington, for instance, to stand calm and unmoved on the pedestal of his own greatness, and let partial censure, not involving reproach to his principles or motives, pass by him unresented. It was open to Lord Durham to request permission to resign ; but neither Lord Durham nor any other British subject can throw up the government of a disturbed and rebellious colony without being guilty of a high misdemeanour. The late Lord High Commissioner professes to have thought that powers co-ex tensive with those vested in himself were essential to the tran quillity of Canada, and to the maintenance of British sove reignty therein. He must also have been perfectly conscious that Sir J. Colborne, upon whom would devolve the Govern ment of the colonies in his absence, was possessed of no such powers, and therefore that in deserting North Ame rica he (Lord Durham) left its tranquillity and connexion with Great Britain, upon his own showing, unprotected. We do not require to be told, that in case of fresh disturb ances, or of continued danger, Sir J. Colborne might exert a portion of the prerogative indispensable when the existence of the Government is at stake, and well known in practice to the Constitution of England—viz. that of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, and thus meeting the machinations of high treason. But even here the evil genius of the flying ex commisioner blights the spring of any better prospect which his absence might produce. He says, " I cannot by a need less suspension of the Habeas Corpus put the personal li berty of every man at the mercy of the Government, and declare a whole province in immediate danger of rebellion, merely in order to exercise the influence of a vague terror over a few individuals." Thus, under the cloak of con stitutional forbearance, he denounces beforehand the only rational precaution left at the disposal of Sir J. Colborne for averting the dangers which have been so dreadfully aggravated by Lord Durham's own misconduct, and as he sets out in the first passage of his proclama tion by slandering the memory of all preceding Gover nors, he follows it up by this mischievous expedient for defeating the best efforts of those who are to succeed him. We know that Sir J. Colborne is not given to the tawdry arts of popularity-hunting ; that he feels it his paramount duty to preserve the State ; and that, whatever may be the nature of the peril which surrounds him, whether that of preparatory or of ripe and actual in surrection, he will be man enough to despise the affected scruples of Lord Durham as to the placing the lives of subjects at the mercy of the Government, when the alter native is, that the Government itself would be at the mercy of every traitor. With regard to Lord Durham, there are two destinies before him, and which turns up it matters not a great deal. The Ultra-Radicals will take him on any terms, as appears from the London Review. But he has behaved himself with such childishness and folly ton ards Ministers, that they may have him on their own terms ; and such, we suspect, will be the issue of all this fuss.—Tinies, The Indian intelligence received yesterday seems to countenance the idea that Runjeet Sing's alliance is not to be depended on. The interview of the Governor-General with that Potentate is at all events given up ; for those corps which were to have formed his escort are now des tined to form a portion of the Commander-in-Chief's forces. We have extracted a long communication from a correspondent of the Calcutta Englishman, who makes the several forces about to be employed on our north western Indian frontier amount to 70,000 men ; and who infers that the presence of a British force in Caboul could not possibly have the assent of Runjeet Sing, for this would be lending his hand to the sure extinction of the independ ence of his country. " Surrounded," says the writer, s. as the Punjaub would be on three sides by our forces and those of our allies, resistance to our wishes, whatever they might be, would be madness ; the Pesha wour would shortly be restored to Caboul, and his now powerful kingdom would sink to the same insignificance as that of Oude." He thinks that Runjeet Sing, as the last resource, will try conclusions with us in the field ; in which • ca se, from all that we can learn, he will assuredly be beaten. Indeed, this writer shows that if he oppose us he must inevitably be crushed. We confess, however, though this communication is evidently from a clever man, we are inmewhat disposed to distrust some of his conclusions from the very sweeping nature of them. " Let this mad man," he says, " but draw his sword against us, and our astonished Government will behold war let loose through out India, from our north-western frontier to Cape Co morin. Let our forces march to Nepaul, and mark even what the rabble Coles w ould dare. The seeds of disaffec and thecoznstquer e ce k s n o o f Rtuhna tion have been widely sown, feet's defection will fa n India into a ble it is the character of In dian Princes to a be rash, an . d w easily t moved to and fro, and the memory of former chastisements becomes fainiliar by time ; but then they know what our At my is, and the latent disposition to rise may b d e checked In by - ,the ease by which Runj eet Sing may be p a ve contrived ut own. thi s - communication Russia is supposed to h work for us in India, that she may be at liberty to occupy Persia. But we suspect Russia would soon have something else to occupy her, were she to attempt to give effect to any such schemes in Persia.—Morning Chronicle. Every man who feels as a Br it o n ou g ht to feel, must le indignant at the present state of our navy. Consider ' the position of affairs in Europe at the p resent mo ment, it seems almost incredible that even fatuous imbe cility, or any thing short of a deliberate and traitorous i esi l co to make our country an easy prey to its enemies, cools' b a se led to such a state of feebleness as ou r nav y mow pr, aorts, compared with the great occasions which • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1838. may very speedily arise for the exertion of its power. We trust that not a day after the meeting of Parl.am, tit will be suffered to elapse without such a remonstrance on this subject, as Ministers must attend to. Whether it be pos sible to make them feel what is due to the safety and honour of the country, we entertain considerable doubt, but it may be possible to make them afraid to continue their negligent policy. The Duke of Wellington foresaw the occasion for a strengthening of our naval force, and warned Ministers on the subject, but his warnings appear to have been attended to only in that slight and nibbling way which renders contemptible every branch ofthe conduct of the present Administration. But the Duke will, we trust, renew his warnings, and in a tone which Ministers cannot help attend ing to. When the Duke spoke last upon the subject the country was comparatively ignorant and apathetic regarding it. But it is not so now. The country burns with impa- tience to see its navy placed in such a position that we may with no idle and absurd pretension resume our ancient title of mistress of the seas. A bold, energetic, and judicious Administration, possessing the confidence of the country— which, by the way, is a very different thing from the confi dence of cotton-mill owners, corn-jobbers, and common council praters in little dirty towns—such an Administra tion might, within the space of a few months, make our navy what it ought to be, that is to say, able to sweep the seas of any other two navies in the world that might by very obvious political possibilities be combined against us. We have of line-of-battle ships about a round hundred. But how many have we in fighting order ? Scarcely halfadozen are in as good fighting order as they could possibly be—that is, in as good fighting order as they ought to be in, under present circum stances. Of the hundred there are, we believe, twenty in commission, scattered at distancesof thousands of miles from each other. Some little peddling exertion has of late been made, and is still going on, to get a few more ships rea ly, but nothing like the energy, nothing like the activity, nothing like the exertion of British mind and resolution, necessary for the vigorous accomplishment of any great af fair, has been manifsted upon the occasion. Our present Ministers have not the heart for doing their duty in any thing like troublesome times. They are fit for nothing better than miserable tricks of underhand interference like that of Lord Palmerston in the civil wars of Portugal and Spain. They lack courage and confidence, and a wide view of affairs, and a will to do boldly what seems to tkein selves needful. They may carry on the mere routine of of ficial business when affairs run smoothly, and show some little cleverness in the invention of commissions to give them an excuse for paying their hangers-on at the expense of the country, but when really important business is to be done—business which concerns the safety of the country, and the protection of its interests from one end of the known world to the other, then they shine forth in their native littleness, and stand confessed the merest drivellers that ever pretended to guide the sceptre of British Go vernment. It is at such a time as this that a tom-tit of the Evening Ministerial Press jumps upon its perch, and begins to chirrup about economy ! Heaven save the coun try from these twittering politicians. What do they mean by economy ? Is it economy to save some money, and to lose the country ? Is it it economy to spare that which is necessary for giving force and effectiveness to the public resources ? Is it economy to starve the public service, in order that a wretched clerk or two in the guise of states men may come down with their little parade of figures and on tip-toe proclaim with exulting voice, " See how many pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, we have saved!" Let us not be misunderstood. We love that economy which is the antithesis of waste. We are for no pampering of idle functionaries—no endowments of pompous, self-conceited, and useless commissions. We detest waste in the public service, and that not so much for the money spent which need not be spent, as for the immorality which it feeds and nurtures. We sicken when we see official insolence and idleness fed to the teeth, and lolling in disgusting apathy, or perhaps exercising oppres sion and unkindness for want of something else to do. Let such things as these be frozen to death by the bitter blasts of pinching economy—so much the better. We shall be no mourners on the occasion, for we are not Whigs, nor Radicals, nor hybrid sycophants, ready to be one or the other, as seems most for present advantage. We would that those who live by waste should perish by economy ; but this would be real economy, not the starving of effi cient public service, which is real waste. Our navy people —especially the officers —are, we fear, somewhat out of humour with all sorts of governments which have obtained in this country for the last thirty years, and we do not deny that they have some reason. There are many cases of unrequited service, and great hardship, and were it not that a right-hearted Englishman has always something better to do than to whimper and complain, one might almost shed tears of vexation over the fate of many brave fel lows, as honest and as loyal, as ever drew breath on British ground, or spent their blood upon foreign seas. But a better time is, we trust, at hand for these men, and we know that when their country calls, and they are once more afloat, they will have no thought but that of beating the enemy—no alternative in their hearts, but that of a British sailor's victory, or a British sailor's grave. Down with Whiggery and whiffling, up with the Union Jack and bold British policy, and England will be herself again in spite of all that has happened to spoil her. May we live to see the day when our Queen and our country will be defended as they ought to be, in the Council Cham ber, and on the wave, by men who have hearts without fear, and principles without reproach !---ilforning Post. The notice of motion given by Mr. Sheriff Wood, for a a testimonial of civic respect and gratitude to Thomas Clarkson, on account of his long, laborious, and success ful services in the cause of the oppressed African, and which stands in the paper of the Common Council for to day, will be seconded by Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, and, we trust, be passed, as it ought to be, by acclamation. The precise words of the motion are : " That the freedom of this city, in a gold box, value 100 guineas (not ten, as erroneously stated) be presented to Tho mas Clarkson, A. M., as a small but grateful testimonial of the Corporation of London to the public services and worth of one who had the merit of originating, and has the consolation of living to witness the triumph of the great struggle for the de liverance of the enslaved African from the most oppressive bondage that ever tried the endurance of afflicted humanity, thereby obtaining for his country the high distinction of sepa rating her commercial greatness from principles incompatible with the exercise of the religion of mercy, and achieving a moral victory whose trophies shall endure while justice, free dom, the clemency of power, and the peaceful glories of civi lization shall have a place in the admiration of mankind." We are glad to see the Corporation of London coming forward in this way to tender the honourable tribute of their praise and gratitude to the man with whom origi nated the great dsign of African emancipation. It is highly creditable to the Civic Body of London to set this example to the empire. Well does it become the Corpo ration of the metropolis of England—the first commercial city of the world—to be foremost in gratefully recognizing the merits of one whose labours of beneficence, carried through a long life, have resulted in dissociating the Com- MERCE of England from all connection with a traffic founded in fraud, conducted in crime, revolting to humanity, and obstructive of civilization ! The high pre-eminence of England, in a moral point of view, among the nations was never more signally, never more gloriously, because never more beneficently displayed, than by taking the lead of she civilized world in extirpating the African slave trade, and slavery itself. Habits, however cruel, un just, and barbarous, that have sprung out of human cu pidity, and become familiarized by long practice, are not easily extirpated. The man who first undertakes the task has to encounter difficulties and dan gers which it requires more energy, high courage, and un flinching perseverance to confront and subdue, than ordina rily belong even to good men. Nothing less than moral heroism could have achieved what Clarkson accomplished in combating the prejudices, repelling the intimidation, and overcoming the various obstacles which self-interest, igno rance, and calumny, unscrupulous in the use of the poi soned weapons of savage warfare, opposed to his virtuous and unconquerable resolution. He himself has said that when he first looked at the question of the abolition of the slave trade in a practical point of view, it appeared to him as difficult a task as one of the " labours of Hercules." That task has been accomplished, and fabled glory sur passed by a sublime reality. It is highly honourable to the two ancient seats of learning in this country, that their names are associated with the earliest exertions to redeem the character of England from the pollution of slave•com merce. The theme for the Latin prize poem at Cambridge, gieen by the Vice-Chancellor Dr. Peckhard, in 1785, and which had reference to the sin of compelling human beings into slavery, first turned Clarkson's serious attention to the subject. His course of reading to qualify himself as a competitor for the prize, imbued his mind so deeply with the criminality and horrors of the traffic, that the gratification of being awarded the first prize was absorbed in the painful conviction that the evil was too firmly en twined with the bad passions and selfish interests of our nature to be rooted out without practical efforts, of the which coo t r h a e ge t suc o c a e t s t s em se p e t m t e hat daalmppoastrehootlpy hopeless eless.B uttashke and had the mi n d t h at was or i ginally stimulated by academic honour, has lived to earn the nobler prize which Christian ivilization, g rejoi c i n in her Oxfordvicto victory, offers to her benefac tor. So the University o to the t r i ump h o f lay claim to her ,hareth the struggle, the g of having contributed, e may to humanity, tny which ar period the Corporation of London honours in the person of its first ( hampion. It was Sir Willi am Dolben, one ofwas the Mem bers of Parliam ent for that Universi;y, move r of the first Bill ever brought into who oParliamen " t t f h o e r th e purpose of restricting the bounds of the slave trade." It will hereafter be said of the civic body of London, that it was the first Corporation that rendered justice to the Founder of African liberty—that liberty which, by rescuing Africa from the crimes which the slavetrade engendered,.and the barbarism which it served to perpetuate, has prepared its 1 peopb- for the humanising- arts. eivilisk - !:i life, nrule its shores ready for the reception of legitimate commerce. ; —Morning Herald. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES.—It may here be noticed, as a rumour preva lent in the City, that several of the letters received from India allude to the fact of despatches having been received out from England expressive of the strong dissatisfaction of the Government at home with the conduct of the Go- vernor-General for interfering in the quarrels and wars of the native Princes with each other. The accounts of the Indigo crop from some districts are unfavourable, but from others it is stated that although in some the weather and rains had been against it, yet that that the increased cultivation would make up the deficiency so caused. In other parts the crop on the whole would be a fair average. Some improvement had taken place in the demand for Cotton Goods, particularly for those sorts suited to the Burmese markets. Cotton Yarns were also in de-. mand. The Company's rate of exchange remained at 2s. 2d., but private exchange had gone down to 2s. lid., at which rate considerable sums were remitted. Papers from Canton of the 26th of June, from which ex tracts are given in the Calcutta Papers, contain the copy of a respectful letter from the Hong Kinqua to his credi tors, setting forth the state . of his affairs, and how he originally became involved in difficulties by the failure of Consequa, and from other of the Hongs, by which he suf fered to the extent of 1,200,000 dollars. It states that he was fast recovering from the derangement caused by these ruinous losses, when the insolvency of the Hong Hingtae compelled him to suspend payments entirely. His debts are stated at 1,100,000 dollars, which he proposed to liquidate in ten years, by yearly instalments, but as that offer was refused, he then made the further proposition to effect the liquidation in the time specified, with the addition of 5 per cent. interest on the amount of the debts, such interest to be paid in the 11th and 12th years. The Hoppo had consented that his arrears of duties should be placed on the same footing, and simultaneously paid off by yearly payments. He expresses his confidence that under this arrangement lie shall be able to clear off his debts, and under favourable circumstances perhaps even in eight or nine years, more especially as the other Hong mer chants had agreed to assist him every year with a loan of 100,000 dollars from the Consoo fund. With respect to the affairs of Hingtae, these advices state nothing new. The creditors seemed disposed to await the interposition of the Government at home, who had been memorialized on the occasion, and the Viceroy of Canton, cognizant of the fact, was unable or unwilling to procure the offer of better terms than the 8 years for payment before proffered, but refused. CHRONICLE.—The English Stock Market is alto gether rather flat, but no material change has taken place in the value of the different securities. The heaviness ap pears to have arisen from the tenour of the advices received this morning overland from India, which are generally con sidered of an unsatisfactory character. Consols for Money closed at 93/ to 1 , and 94 to for the Account ; Three and-a Half per Cent. Reduced, 1001 to I ; new ditto, 1011 to / ; Exchequer Bills, 65 to 66 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2024 to 2031 ; and India Stock, 262 k to 2631. In the Foreign Market things are almost in stalls quo, with the exception of Spanish Active Bonds, which have again receded to 164 to 17i. Business in shares still continues limited, but the prices on the whole are well maintained. The shares of Kyan's Patent Anti-Dry Rot Company, upon which 171. 10s. has been paid, were quoted at 10 to 11 per share, but we are not aware that any transactions were effected in them. Birmingham (old) left off at 83 to 85 prem. ; ditto (new), 24 to 25 prem. ; Southampton (old), 45 to 46 per share ; ditto (new), 20 to 21 prem. ; Great Western, 13 to 14 prem. ; Leeds and Manchester, 19 to 21 prem. ; Midland Counties, 13 to 12 dis. ; Birmingham and Derby, 10 to 8 dis. ; Brighton, 3 dis. ; Blackwall, 2 dis. ; Greenwich, 16f to 17 per share ; Croydon, 16/ to 171 per share ; ditto (new), 11 to 21 prem. ; and south Eastern, 5 to 44 dis. British Iron Shares are 11 to i, and General Mining Shares 12 to 13 per share. American Securities are all the same as the last quota tions, with the exception of Louisiana Six per Cent. Stock, which has advanced 2 per cent.—from par to 102. The overland dispatches from Calcutta reach to the 23d of September. Their complexion on the whole is regarded as warlike, as every preparation was going on there for the march of a considerable number of troops, and scarcely anything else was spoken of but the expedition of the army. The troops were expected to leave Calcutta in about six weeks. The commercial news is also not pleasing. Busi ness generally was dull, and it appears that an inundation of the Kishnagar country, the chief indigo district, had occurred, which would, it was thought, occasion a serious deficiency in the crop. It was not expected, in fact, to exceed 85,000 maunds, the average being 120,000 maunds each year. The price had immediately risen in Calcutta, and as much as 245 rupees per maund, about 72 lbs., was given for some good samples. The rate of exchange on London was 2s. lid. per rupee. HERALD.—The arrival of Lord Durham in the In constant frigate, off Plymouth, has created much interest here ; but it does not appear that this vessel has brought any more favourable intelligence from the Canadas or the frontiers of the United States than has already appeared in this journal. The accounts at Calcutta from the indigo districts men tion that the crops had suffered so much in the Bengal, Bahar, and Benares districts, from the great floods, that it was expected to be so much under the usual average as only to amount to 70,000 a 80,000 factory maunds. It was supposed that nothing but a favourable change in the weather could raise it to 95,000 maunds, which would be less than the exports of last season by 24,000 maunds. At Bombay the exchange on England was 25., and freights were nominally at 31. a 3/. ss. per ton. At Calcutta the exchange was Is. I lid. for Treasury bills, and 2s. 4d. for private, whilst freights w e r e Si. to 61. 10s. per ton. From Singapore we have no advices of importance. .POST.—The Public Securities opened rathe r better this morning in th e E ng l s h M ar ket, bargains for Money in Consols being first quoted at 94. Later in the day there was a retrogradation of to per cent., and no re-action occurred up to the close of business. The day's transac tions were not characterised by any other new feature worth noticing. It may be observed, however, that there was again an abundance of Money stock, and this circum stance, coupled with the news received from India by the overland mail, via Suez, which continues to be of a war like tendency, seem to be more than sufficient to account for the less buoyant state of the market. The report of the re-investment of Herat by the Persians, although it does not seem to be founded on what can be c onsidered very good authority, contributes in no degree to allay the fears entertained of increased difficulties in her Majesty's eastern dominion. The present intelligence comes down to a late date, but much impatience will nevertheless be felt by many persons in the City, merchants as well a s capi talists, for further information as to the progress of th e mi litary operations of which they have received information. The Foreign Funds have sympathised with our own. There was perhaps rather more business done in them than for some few days past, but it was in most instances at rather low prices. MISS BURDON'S NEW WORK, THE LOST EVIDENCE.--The plot of this work is full of variety. A multitude of persons cross the stage, and the back ground is vividly filled up. In the portraiture of her characters, Miss Bunion has successfully individualized them, but the charm rises rather out of the conduct of the story. There are several scenes drawn with consummate skill, and the interest throughout is sustained with ability.—Atlas. THTIRIEEDNKEINNvGIIITsThoisRismaApLowRerofur st N o u ry E , , fi ß xe u d F a u t o s ne o o ß f the very best periods. There is a fine obscurity in the few historians of Rufus, which is singularly favourable to the romance writer. The daring character of the Red King is admirably suited to a delineation of the feudal times, and his favourite and Prime Minister, Ralph, is one of the most striking personages that figure in our early annals. Both are well drawn in the tale before us, which is one of great promise.—Metropolitan. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE SUBALTERN."—We are requested to state that " The Only Daughter, a Domestic Story," edited by the author of " The SuLaltern," in 3 vols., was published this day by Mr. Colburn, of 3reat Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works of fiction :- 1. Mr. Theodore Hook's " Gurney Married," a sequel to " Gilbert Gurney," 3 vols. 2. Captain Chamier's " Jack Adams, the Mutineer," 3 vols. 3. The Hon. Mrs. Lam bert's " Ella ; or, the Emperor's Son." 4. " Duty and Inclination," edited by Miss Landon, 3 vols. 5. " The Glanville Family," by a Lady of Rank, 3 vols. ; and 6. " Shakspearb and his Friends ; or, the Golden Age of Merry England," an Historical Romance, 3 vols. ROBBERlES.—Yesterday the police received infor mation that, on the previous da y , a g entl eman named Royal was robbed in a Paddi n g ton omnibus, b etween Mid dle Row, Holborn, and St. Giles's Church, of a re d purse, Containing eight sovereigns ,N , an dls H o a v slipseld n o , f p s a , per, on one Denmark street, Camberwell," and on th e other, " Mrs. B rookbank, s t w a of which was written, No. 1, Denmark-street." On the 22d inst. a Mr. Ashton was robbed of a gold watch an d a pp enda g es, between the Elephant of l oi. and Casits offered,leandloddington-square, Kennin g t o n. A reward LAW INTELLIGENCE. COL AT OF QUEEN'S BEiNcti, :20 LORD HOWDEN V. SIMPSON, KNIGHT, AND OTHERS. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff upon an agreement which was set forth in the declaration, and which was to the following effect :—That the defendant was the officer of a Company, called the North Mid land Railway Company; that the members of the said Company were 'lesirous of getting a Bill through Par liament to authorise them to make a railway ; that the proposed line f railway would interfere materially with the Noble plaintiff's property, and that lie I,ad lee1:1;ed his jntention to oppose it on that aceoani, ; that it was thereupon agreed that if he would withdraw his oppo. sition he should be paid tire sum of 5,0001. within six months after the Royal assent -should be given to the Bill ; that the Company, besides, undertook to use every en deavour to procure another Bill to be passed in the follow , ing Session of Parliament for a deviating line, and that the plaintiff was to have such compensation as should be awarded in respect of any damage that might be occasioned to his property by such deviating line, the compensation to be settled by arbitrators named on the agreement, and he was to have 1001. an acre for every acre of land actu ally taken by the Company. The defendant pleaded, first, that after the making of the contracts, and before the com mencement of the suit, the proprietors of the Company abandoned the line of road stated in the agreement, and resolved to adopt another line, which said line entirely missed the property of the plaintiff ; the second plea was, that the said railway was intended to pass through the lands of divers individuals, and this said agreement with the plaintiff was entered into secretly and privately, and was not known to the other individuals whose interests were affected by the said railway, nor was it known to Parlia ment, but that it was concealed from the Legislature during the passing of the Bill, and that the plaintiff was a Peer of the realm, &c. The plaintiff demurred to this plea, and the defendants joined in demurrer. The case had been before the Lord Chancellor, who referred the parties to a Court of law to try the question of the validity of the agreement. Mr. CRESWELL (with whom were Mr. Alexander and Mr. Wightman), for the plaintiff, contended that the plea could not be supported, that the agreement was a valid agreement, and ought to be enforced. The first plea amounted to an allegation that the consideration was gone, as the adoption of the new line of railway was altogether out of the line of the plaintiff's property. That, however, was not the consideration of the agree ment. The sum of money agreed to be paid in the first in stance was a consideration to the plaintiff to withdraw the oppo:ition he had intended to make to the Bill—that oppo sition he was entitled to make as a landowner ; he had not made it, and he had therefore performed his part of the agreement, and the other part ought to be performed by the defendant. The only condition precedent in the agree ment was the withdrawing opposition to the passing of the Bill. That condition having been performed, the plaintiff was entitled to receive the consideration which had been offered him. As to the second point, it was intended to be argued that the plaintiff, being a Peer, could not enter into such an agreement as this. But, in the first place, the plea did not state the plaintiff to be a Peer, entitled to sit and vote in Parliament. Sir F. PoLLocx submitted that the Court would take judicial notice of the station of a Peer in Parliament. Lord DENMAN—I think it must be taken that the plain tiff is a Peer of Parliament, or that fact must be admitted by the plaintiff ; or else we may amend the record by in serting that allegation. CRESWEI.L was ready to proceed on the supposi tion that the record was so amended. Then, taking the plaintiff to ;be a Peer of Parliament, he submitted that the agreement was perfectly valid. In the case of the Vauxhall Bridge Company v. Lord Spencer, it was held by' Lord Eldon, in equity, that securities given to per sons who would be prejudiced by the passing of a pri vate Bill in Parliament, in consideration of their withdraw ing their opposition to it, was not illegal. That case must govern the present. It was clear that this agreement was made with the plaintiff, not as a Member of the Legislature, but as a landowner, and there was no reason why in that charaoter he should not make such an agreement. If no Member of either House could do so, the result would be that the property of Members of both Houses would be utterly unprotected, and their situation as Legisla tors would leave them in a worse condition than any other men in the country. Sir F. PoLLocx (with whom was Mr. Addison) contended for the defendant, that the plea was good, and that there must be judgment for the defendant. The consideration of the whole argument was, the injury which the proposed line of railway would have occasioned to the property of the plain tiff. That anticipated injury was now at an end. The new line bad been adopted, and did not touch upon the plaintiff's property. Where, then, was the injury in respect of which he was to claim the payment of 5,000/. from the Court. There was none whatever. The agreement had been made to meet a particular set of circum stances. That set of circumstances no longer ex isted. The agreement, therefore, was at an end, 'for the consideration on which it was founded was totally gone. As to the second point, it was clear that this agreement was illegal. In the first place, it was in fraud of the other persons interested in the matter, because it was made secretly from them, and without reference to their interests ; and it was also a fraud upon the Legislature, and Lord Howden could not, as a Peer, enter into it without violating his duty. It was clear that other persons were interested, and that Parliament ought to know the whole of the reasons why a particular line of road was proposed, or assented to, for otherwise those whose interests were concerned might be most injuriously compromised, and for that reason Parliament required a full statement as to the assent or the dissent of the landowners through whose pro perty the line of road was to pass. Then, as to the public duty of the plaintiff, the agreement bound him not to op pose the Bill. His character of landowner could not be so easily separated, in such a case, from his character of a Peer of Parliament. If he had assented to the bill at one moment, and then gone into the House of Lords and voted against it, would it have been possible to contend that he could maintain an action on this agreement. It would not. It was manifest therefore, that by private agreement he had agreed to do that which it was against public polity to allow. Of course, in his argument he had not intended to impute that the Noble plaintiff had acted from an impure or impro per motive,but that the agreement was against'public policy. Mr. CRESWELL replied, as his Learned Friend had re frained from imputing any unworthy motives to Lord Howden, he would imitate his example, and leave it to others to judge of the conduct of the defendants in the pre sent action. He contended that Lord Howden had done everything required of him by the agreement, although the Company had not hesitated to violate their part of the con tract. Now with respect to the first plea— Lord DENMAN—We do not think there is anything in the first plea. Mr. CRESWELL would then apply himself to the other. He denied that there was any foundation for the allegation that Lord Howden was a party to the secrecy which was observed. If parties went into a private room, as was fre quently done in cases before Committees of the House, the agreement then entered might be called a pri vate one. With respect to the parties having applied for a line which was not meant to be adopted, h e ap prehended the arrangement with Lord Howden would not weigh with the Legislature in deciding whether another line ought or ought not to be granted, because the Parliament was bound to decide upon the intrinsic merits of each case presented to it. The Learned Counsel then remarked upon the several cases cited by Sir F. Pollock, and concluded by observing that he trusted their Lordships would be of opinion that contracts of this sort, which in other cases had been so sanctioned and recognized by the Legislature as to have led Lord Eldon to state that they were perfectly notorious," might be as well entered into by Lord Howden as any other, the meanest man in the l an d ; and that it was as perfectly legal on his part, as it had not been attempted to be denied ort the other side, that it was entered into and fulfilled in perfect good faith and fairness. The Court' took time to consider its decision. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 28. WRIT OF RIGHT.--.-DAVIS V. LOWNDES, (In continuation from our Report of yesterday.) The Court thought that the objections raised to the ad missibility of the fine were questions of fact for the Grand Assize rather than of law for the Judges ; and therefore admitted the evidence. The fine was put in and read, and the evidence further proceeded with ; but the trial was not concluded when the Court rose. EXCHEQUER COURT, Nor. 28. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SHILLIBEER. This was an information filed by th e Attorney. General against the defendant for an infraction of the Customs laws. As soon as the Jury were sworn, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the case had been settled, the defendant's Counsel having consented that a verdict should be entered to the amount of 980/—Verdiet accordingly. TUCK V. TUCK. Mr. JERVIS, with whom was Mr. MANSELL, stated this case to the Jury, It was an action brought by a nephew against an uncle. The plaintiff was a young man, scarcely yet 22 years of age, who was forced to bring this action to recover the sum of 801. upon an I. 0. U., signed by the de fendant, who was a celebrated green -grocer in the neigh bourhood of Pimlico, and who also carried on the business wishing to c ome to lookLon tioaintf' if out for somethi ng f or hi m itdoooo f diad; oechloaaadln- desired e a r l c s o a f n oh t ri . 8 s uncle oTmh P e e place w h ere h e m i ght board and When he came to towil uncle had sent him being* a clevir aernuntant, into hi , : ennntine-bouse. \Tariff ilad taken pia, • 'oetweQn them, and up, thc , 1. 0. 1 ..;, questioo had_ bL'i, g4en. He would prove the handwriting of the defendant, and prima facie he would be entitled to a verdict. The hand-writing of the defendant was proved on the I. 0. U., when Mr. PLATT addressed the Jury for the defendant. He then called George Glover, who had been a clerk With Messrs. Hornsley, Tuck, and Co., coal-merchants. The witness proved the hand-writing of the plaintiff' two checks. He had heard him speak of the 41. 15i. 3,i and the 5/. It-was about a fortnight ago, when he said wanted to act strictly honoerable towards his uncle, and he would pay these sums, as he knew lie had had them when they went dawn to Melton Mowbray. The defendant's brother-in-law proved that the plaintiff had boarded and lodged for a considerable time in the de fendant's house. He did not make out. his uncle's accounts during the whole time. nit, plaintiff had been brought up as a bookbinder, and not as an accountant. Another witness stated that he had seen the plaintiff about a fortnight ago, when he said that he was surprised that his uncle had been arrested for 901., as there was 30/., 51., and 4/. 15s. 3d. which ought to have been allowed to him. It had been done by his attorney, who ought to have arrested for the balance only. The checks for 30/., 17/. 175., and 22/. 10s. were then put in and read. Mr. JERVIS replied, and contended that it was clear that those checks were part of some old transactions, and had nothing to do with the settlement which took place on the 24th of March, 1838, when the I. 0. U. was dated. The Learned Judge summed up, and the Jury found for the plaintiff for 801.45. 9d. ADMIRALTY COURT.—Ner. 28. THE WILLIAMS—SALVAGE. This was a suit for salvage, promoted by the crew of the Lady Newman against the owners of the Williams. The latter vessel was taken into Gibraltar on the Ist of July last, being in great distress. The case was heard before the Vice-Admiralty Court, and 2,0001. was awarded to the salvors. A suit has since been instituted in this Court, on behalf of the chief mate and crew of the Lady Newman. Her Majesty's ADVOCATE applied this day for security for costs on behalf of the crew of the Lady Newman. Motion refused. THE VIBILIA—BOTTOMRY. This was a question as to the validity of a bottomry bond, which was granted to an American merchant, Mr. S. Baldwin, at Philadelphia, by Captain Richardson, upon the ship Vibilia.—Judgment deferred. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 28. ROBERT BEETON'S BANKRUPTCY. At a meeting of the creditors of this bankrupt, who was committed to the Fleet some time since in consequence of his unsatisfactory answers as to the disposal of property, he having stated that he sold goods to a large amount to a man on Waterloo Bridge, whom he did not know, and who owed him for them, was held to-day for the proof of debts and the declaration of a dividend. The bankrupt still remains in confinement, but we hear some proposition has been made from him which may cause his liberation. A dividend was ordered to be declared, which it is expected will amount to 7s. or Bs. in the pound. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nor. 28. BILLS.—An insolvent was heard this morning who had accepted various accommodation bills ; some of his ac quaintances were confined in Newgate. The COURT discharged him, remarking that he seemed to have respectable acquaintances. In addition to this case several were heard yesterday, in which the accommodation bill system was exposed. It is surprising to witness the number of cases arising out of the system. Aiv HONEST LAWYER.—William Wright, an unopposed insolvent, applied to be discharged. This insolvent had commenced law proceedings to set aside a relation's will. He employed for that purpose a person well known, named George Blaxland Rogers, who he believed was an attorney. The insolvent had property at the time, but had been completely ruined by Rogers. He had paid him large sums, and had lent him 1001. Ro gers, he said, had been transported for life for forgery. The insolvent was discharged. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THE ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK ROBBERY.—The trial at the Old Court yesterday of Barker and the Fletehers, that was partly reported in The Sun, occupied the Court eleven hours. Mr. Justice PARK summed up minutely, and, in recapi tulating the testimony of the principal witnesses entitled to credit, did not go through the evidence of Tibbs and Midg ley, the Court and jury considering their statements un worthy of belief. The jury retired at half-past seven o'clock, and returned at nine with a general verdict of Acquittal. All the prisoners stand detained for uttering forged orders for goods. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. THE CHURCIL—Some days ago Mr. Harris, the owner of a public-house, in Leadenhall-market, objected to pay tithes to the Rev. Francis Dawson, the Rector of All hallows, Lombard-street, on the ground that the Rev. Gentleman performed duty no more than once a-week in the church, and that he had granted a lease of the rectory house to a person who had turned it into a public-house, and thus become a rival in business to the defendant. Upon that occasion the Lord Mayor ordered that the tithe should be paid, and expressed an incredulity as to the statement made concerning the Rector. Yesterday Mr. Gude waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of removing from his Lordship's mind any doubt that might be entertained as to the correctness of the statement of the party who objected to pay the titkle. The Loan MAYOR said that the defendant had, to his knowledge, wrongly stated that Mr. Dawson was Rector of Hayes, for he happened to know the Rector of that place, who was the Rcv. Mr. Hussey, Mr. Gude assured his Lordship that Mr. Dawson was, at the time the license was applied for, the incumbent of that parish as well as a pluralist to a great extent in other places. At the time that notice was given of the ap plication for the license he (Mr. Gude) wrote a letter to the Bishop of London, complaining of the intended deseer , tion, and requesting the Bishop's interposition. The Bishop of London replied that the parish of All hallows is a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Gude then wrote to the Archbishop, and two days after this letter was transmitted, the Secretary to the Right Rev. Prelate called to look at the place to license which application had been made, and observed that it wa... ) nighly improper to convert the rectory-house into a 'public-house, and that in 411 probability the Archbienop would commu nicate with Mr. Dawson and the Curate on the subject. The Loth MAYOR —Ana the petitioner persevered in his application ? Mr. Gude said that the license was ap plied for and granted on the 14th of March, 1836, not withstanding tho opposition by Counsel employed by him. Mr, Adolphus applied upon the part of the petitioner for the license, Richard Corrie Bache. The petitioner stated that Mr. Bache had expended, in fitting up the house, the sum of 1,5001. Mr. Bodkin opposed the application upon his (Mr. Gude's) part, and presented petitions against it to the effect stated in the letter to the Archbishop, but all was useless, for the license was granted by the unanimous vote of the Court, in which eight Aldermen sat. The Loan MAYOR said that he could not remedy tke evil--all he could do was to regret it. HATTON-GARDEN, DESTITUTION.—Yesterday a lad, teen years of age, barefooted, and whose appearanek indicated great distress, was brought up in the custody of an officer, charged with begging in the streets. The officer being sworn, stated that he found the boy yesterday morning begging in the streets, by putting his hand to his hat to passengers and the inhabitants while at their windows, and he saw him re ceive some halfpence. . - Mr. BENETT directed the constable to take him imme diately to Bermondsey parish, and ascertain whether he be longed to it, with his recommendation that he might be received, and in the event of their refusal to bring him back to the office. Samuel Grazier was brought up on a warrant, in the custody of Hall, the officer of this establishment, charged with having feloniously forged and uttered a bill of exchange for 401., with intent to defraud James Collins, of Hastings, in the county of Sussex. Hall produced his warrant, and stated that in the year 1885 Collins applied at this office for a warrant against the prisoner for the offence charged against him, and being traced to be confined in Whitecross-street Prison, witness lodged the warrant in the hands of the Governor. Yester day the prisoner was discharged from the gaol, when wit ness was in readiness to make his cap ture when he appre hended th e p r i soner ,b ut t h e prosecutor was not in attendance. Mr. BENETT directed that the solicitor for the prosecu tion should be immediately communicated with, and he re manded the prisoner, on which he was handed over to Wad dington, the gaoler, who locked him up. MARY.LEBOIVE. Francis Hawkins appeared before the Magistrates on a warrant, to answer the charge of having assaulted Ann Hawkins. _ _ Y °Jae came home d run k i n Complainant—Last Thursday her cart, with a mob of 12;ople after her, and as soon as she got out she burst o p en my door, and rushed bang into the room ; without saying anything at all, she struck v:,;lently twice on the breast, and her d aug ht er serve d ' me not ton. Ever.. 1,,, r1 , .• in Brewer's-Inro's 9 gaino th(m itawicilis is quite the terror of the ;:e is. 'yaw, iVorship. Defendant denied having struck complainant. the Several witnesses, pro and con. were examined, an d r case was decided by the Magistrates amercing the terror 0, Brewer's-lane in the penalty of 265, and costs. QUEEN- SQUARE. William Nor; in:/ton. John Srtford, and Martiu Kato n Wl're plae,ll at the bar. 1-oore Mr. WHITE for re,examolt tion, Ripon numerous charges of .swindling. Vr. Norton, a hosier in the Strand, stated how he bee,: , vindl,d. Mr. Mah on , prisoners Counsel obsorved, that, as Y e . nothing had b een p rove d against his clients beyond the hie' of their having contraeteedebts, which circumstanc e wag not sufficient to warrant their detention. He then cited a ariety of cases, and amongst them one in which a wa n bargained for a horse, agreed to pay a certain Pric' mounted it, and roil. away. The Judges held the p osses ' sion to be good, and th e c ir c um s t a n ce did not constitute a riminal offence. Mr. WHITE consulted with his colleague, Mr.GREGoRIF. for a few mimics, and then observed, if you like to 01P 1° .6 a solicitor to pros ec u t e the p r i so n ers f or a c onspiracy, 1 °I remand them. " Do, Sir ; do, Sir !" was instantly replied by several voices. The whole of the prisoners were remanded until FridaY next. The following is a list o f t ra d esmen w ho, we are I , formed, are sufferers by the " patronage" of the prisone . ; and who adjourned to Brown' s H o t e l, P a l a ce-yard, to e .:„. eert measures for carrying on the p ro s ecu tion of the P r ' ners :—Howel. and James, silk mercers, Regent-street) the Proprietors of the Carlton Hotel, Hackett's B ate ,' New Slaughter's Coffee-house, Brown's Hotel, Legli ara6 rtLeicester-square ; Francan's, St. Martin's lane ; Geo and Blue Boar, Holborn ; the Duke of YorkCastle-scree;l. Quaker, Victoria-road, Chelsea ; Ward's, Castle-scree; Leicester-square, at which latter place Norrington took to credit of an Earldom ; Williams's, whipmaker, street, St. James's ; Solomons, t a il or , S tran d ; Batterur coal-merchant, Adelphi Wharf; Salter, Eaton-squ are; Vaughan, silversmith, Strand, and many others. THE MARKETS ,ET.—Nov. 25. % a 0 . . fer Ton. Walls End Lambton ........ Walls End Russel's El e tton... 74 7 . Walls End Pemberton . ........ Walls End Stewart's ........ Walls End ...... g Walls End Hartlepool ..... "'. Walls End Butterknewl. ...... g 4 0 Walls End Adelaide ...-••••"•• 0 Walls End Barri ng t on Tees... „ Walls End Barrett ........... ..• Walls End Brown Deanery... 0 Walls End Coundon ........ ` 1 Walls End Cragwood ....... 0 0 Wall:: End South Durbana...• 0 Walls:End Tees ...... ".. Walls End Victoria IVO •••••• g 4 Walls End West Hetton Hartley COAL MAR Per Ton. a. ti. Adair's Baker's Main Bute's Tanfield Moor 22 6 Chester Mom Holywell Main Russell's High Main l9 3 Wylam 22 9 Walls End Bell and Brown 22 9 Wails End Heaton M 6 Walls End Hilda Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth 23 9 Walls End Northumberland: 22 3 Walls End Peareth l9 0 Walls End Walker 22 9 Walls End Belmont Walls End Haswell Walls End Hetton 24 9 Walls End Lumley 23 3 voltFi" COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING Wheat. 1 Barley, Oats. 1 Beano. a. to S• 38 -- 43 -- - 33 s. to s. s. to e. I s. to s. 64 80 30 34 22 30 74 82 29 31 25 63 80 30 40 16 22 73 80 32 36 21% 30 64 81 27 32 90 25 65 80 26 30 26 30 68 81 28 35 211 30 72 78 26 32 23 26 63 88126 32 22 29 64 70 132 42 28 34 63 75 24 36 20 20 64 74 32 34 22 29 64 75125 35 20 27 64 71130 34 20 28 63 75 i 33 40 28 32 63 74 I'A 36 20 24 8,1 70 741 2S 32 17 28 63 72 124 34 20 • 25 67 70 27 34 22 26 76 —, 21 22 ,65 79 32 36 30 32 CHELTENHAM MARKETS, Per Mahe'. s. d. to s.( - 1 P er Wheat 8 6 9 6 Beet Barley 3 3 43 f Mutton Oats 3 3 43 I Veal Beans cease • 4 9 5 6 Lamb ........................... Hay..,.. 3/.5*. to 41. 4s. Od. per ton. Per Quarter, Andover*. 8irmingham..,,.,,,.,. Bridport ....---. / ▪ •••▪ • Cirencester Guildford . Hereford 3 2 - - 46 .... , , I , ... .0 Highworth 4ai4enhead —.— Monmouth—. Reading 3 7 1 44 34 40 33 42 41 46 a Salisbui - yw Southampton Stroud . Tewkesbury Uxbridge --- Wantage Warminster Windsor* 33 42 36 40 .... 35 Worcester.. ................ 00000000000 •••• a•to (I; 61 7 7 f 0 p 0 HULL MARKET.—Nov. 27. 0 s 12 1 ; Wheat ; Old 58s. 635. 78s New ...... 58s. .....s. ...... Foreign 6Bs, 745. 78 .......In bond... - - s gis. 2 3 2 . Date, Poland —s. 20s 225. Old ...* --Small or Feed.... —s. 17s. lBs , Foreign —s. ....S. —8 Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 30s 325. 335. Line. & Wold --s• ",:__s.. Foreign ,„, .- - 1 .:, - .: . an. Beans 365. 38s. 421 Fifteign ........ . 2 6, •,;;," Pease. White... White... _. 36s. 385. 40s. Grey ........«.. 2 6 3 . '";.... :—..S. Tares .. 345. 36, 3Ss Foreign ......... .." 5 " - 331. Rapeseed. In bond none . Free, per last 284 °s• hor se Yesterday morning some thieves entered the or of Mr. Fletcher, hair-dresier, White H ors e-yP,rd, P r a lane, the door having accidentally been left o pen, a , ° „ g ist( fixed and carried off the w h o l e o f th e water pipe beie7heft to the premis es , w ith w hi c h th ey got c l ear o ff: The - o f was not discovered till the water, being let on, O c t into the lower part of the house. A. few, weeks ago l o ot miler robbery was committed a few doors off ; and lo i t since some thieves e n t ere d a house the same Y.a r , u t t having unfix e d th e co pp er i n the 'wash-house, carri ea I is, LONGEVITY.—A clothes salesman named g a ll and his wife, are now living in Holywell-street , whose united ages amount to 195 years. STATE OF TRADE.---Within the last few t ber° there has been very little demand for yarn ; and , gprels ° l is reas on t o b e li eve th at the rivers in the north O f are now closed, muc h activity in the market can b s ,, t o o expected, For m anu f ac t ure d goo d s o f mo st des expected, there is still a fair demand, and stocks continue very Manchester Guardian. 0 j io TherS are 121 f or tifi e d places and military 0 o . FlT,t i ce, of w hi c h 21 are o f the first class, 48 of thes " ec and 52 of the third. - . 0 ENGLISH GOLD W A Tea Coll°, A. B. SAVORY a n d SONS, W atc h ma k ers , No• le r oce i o f yl London (opposite the B an k o f England), su , ornit f or very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHE:s, the vr o perL f rel are made and finished under the careful i-aspection 01 for workmen on their own premi ses , an d each is w arrarite" performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewell e d ,in engine-turned 0 1d £10 I '' n 0 cases and gold dials, warranted ''' 11 Fine Vertical Watches, iv:yelled, with double-bac , a ig engine-turned gold 'cases and ld dials, warr ant— a Patent detached Lever 'Watches, jewelled in four We l ' 1 4 - with deuble-bay gold cases and gold dials, w ar- 1 4 - ranted . .......................... ••• ...... 0 SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. , 14 Patent detached L ever Watches, jewelled in four holes, 1 4 - seconds, and double-backed gold cases, warrent7; Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled __,l-- ii o six holes, secon d s , d ou bl e- b ac k e d go ld cases 61' . 1 7 enamel dials, warranted Patent det ac h e d L ever W atches, capped, jewelledl 0.11 six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases a n 2 1 4 01 14 go ld loft ials • 11 - , warranted Either he Gentlemen's Watches may be had ' cases for 31. 3s. each extra- We" fr N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased i n ese ..„. ' r 14A50 P ,.; P I : SECOND-HAND PL,I.TE PUR‘ , ..- -- n Joe - ois- COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Sic , 47, Cornhill (se f , e ;tlior g _i 0 0 1 2 Gracechurch-street), London, informs . Executors or di resiore ar ing to dispose of Second - hand Plate, that, from havTgy be ..A eitl",, he can offer more advantageous prices than can Le ger equi r l;oo by the trade.. Strangers offering plate for sale al t heit to give a 'reference, or to take a cheque crossed w' name., which ever they may prefer. ' r _____ co bs BIRTHS. treetl On the 27th inst., Mrs. W. B. Hayes, of park - s i{ee ne , M r. well, of a daughter. 1 1°1 _ At Camberwell, on the 27th i ns t., th e lady of se ref Smithers, jun., of a son. Fero' s°. • te , On the 24th inst., in Lower Seymour-stree t, f Wi lita the lady of John Stewart Lyon, Esq., of a vot e lady '''' On the 24th inst., in Devonshire-place, tu A i' a son. Selby Lowndes, jun., Esq., of Winslow Buck' , - O s ' 2----------- f the •0 0 i MARRIED. " 1 .. 0 0 , At Bangalore, on the 31st of July, J. IL Bourow .' to io te', dras Artillery, only son of the late J. Bourdiem, duet, Ole 141 :o Charlotte, fourth daughter of the Rev. W. G. Ilue bton , °c. d ., At Bangalore, on the 20th of August, J. 'r• m mht on, 'IVA dras Horse Artillery, only son of the. late T. w. G. '' , Caroline Marianne, secon d daughter of the Rev' Ale Bayswater. Afatthe lr or , On the 15th ult., at St. Croix West Indies , der Scott, Esq., to Miss Anna Margaretf Brothers: n. gesOl'illia l° In London, on the 26th in s t., at St. John . L. l a te Chadwick, of London, to Eliza, daughter of to' Hawden, Esq., Morpeth. d ila: r DIED. Car in el J ac' On the 9th ult., at Grenada, in the West Indies , ~., 100 t Jarvis, of the 70th Regiment, third son of Lieutenant" of fo ree vis, of Boddington Hall, Lincolnshire. Esq. , of On the 16th inst., Sarah, wife of John Abbott , -- rel i c t Gate, West Ham, Essex, aged 80. 4 . p gall' ~,, e f f On the 16th inst., in York-street, Ramsgat e, FOP' the late John Friend, Esq. w ife of Job° 00 On the 24th in s t., age d 29, Monica, the wi.e of Efq., of Royston, Herts. On the 24th inst , Ann, relict of the lat e Georg . 0 64 'll Bond-street, aged 80. On the 26th inst., in ret, widow _Ate ( bit o f On of the ht':, Mr. John Johnston. t daub tursitor-street, aged 63, the 26th ir• in Ann' el d e st , the late M . .t., in Trafalgar-square , So' On - 1 ". F%sher Jackson, of Mile-end. h . son, icle, 1 Partridge,of Bank s 0 , the 7- ‘,t inst., Mr. Samuel wank 9 ,- - ori i#3 , ed 52. Or ' ulett 0 F.. . the 26th inst., at Roehampton, John Po 10 41' ,q., aged 82. I 4- 'cc A " f On the 26th inst., at Green's-row, Chelsea, 11Iorri t .0 ~,,, or M.D., surgeon to he Forces, London. r hes, P: e : ... , On the 27th inst., in London the Rev. Isaac r.oat 111L ..._..... L .... ....L1ELL .... 1 77 .... .............. pa -cum- utton, Isle o e • y , ag .- --- 114 • if OUN G ' OP London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y i la o f a 112, Strand , at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112 bit's of Middlesex. —Thursday, November 29, 1538•